Haley Stevens: “I am constrained to say at this late time of the night, that President Lincoln offered a bonus of $1 million and every…”

“I am constrained to say at this late time of the night, that President Lincoln offered a bonus of $1 million and every odd section along the railroad right of way to anyone who completed the transcontinental railroad. Subsidies to railroads are 150 years old. But the problem is that was not a taxpayer burden. I think we have to really examine this and find out what is the taxpayer burden for the future as far as Amtrak. I yield the remainder of my time and I urge the adoption of the amendment.”